Published Reviews

Absinthe Literary Review reviews below the low-water mark by Ryan Masters below the low-water markRyan MastersPudding House PublicationsJohnstown, OH29 pp. $8.95 Seawater runs through Ryan Masters new chapbook below the low-... Read More »	Children's Literature reviews Mouth Moths, More Classroom Tales by Douglas Evans Kids and teachers alike will recognize most (if not all) of the students starring in each chapter of this funny collection of classroom tales. ...Funny and easy to... Read More »
$math.gif$ Book List reviews Math Rashes, and Other Classroom Tales by Douglas Evans Gr. 2-4. Homework makes no sense to Hari. Consequently, he eagerly trades one of his five senses to a gnome for doing his lessons. That arrangement works well--... Read More »	Monterey County Weekly reviews The Anthology of Monterey Bay Poets by Ryan Masters Masters put out a call for poetry and got 800 submissions. Of those, he took almost a hundred, and with Aptos-based publisher Susana “Suki” Wessling, of Chatoyant... Read More »
Kirkus Reviews reviews The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans From Kirkus Reviews: An endearingly eccentric family settles into the elevator and hearts of the patrons and employees at the San Francisco Hotel in this over-the-... Read More »	Book List reviews MVP: Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans BOOKLIST, Dec. 1, 2004Adam Story longs to see the world, but he never imagines he will get the chance. Then, on his twelfth birthday, a mysterious stranger, Prince... Read More »
New York Times Book Review reviews Classroom at the End of the Hall by Douglas Evans From New York Times Book Review: The custodian at the W.T. Melon Elementary School tells some tall tales about ghosts and mischief in the building ... believe them... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Classroom at the End of the Hall by Douglas Evans Starred review*--Peculiar happenings are the norm in the classroom that serves as the setting for this droll collection. Occasionally reminiscent of Louis Sachar’... Read More »
Pacific Church News reviews Write For Life: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit Through Journal Writing by Sheppard B. Kominars Read More »	Kenyon Fall Alumni Magazine reviews Write For Life: Healing Body, Mind and Spirit Through Journal Writing by Sheppard B. Kominars Years ago, when Sheppard Kominars found himself held hostage to crippling migraines, he turned to the page for escape. At the suggestion of his family doctor, he... Read More »

The Girls From Ames New York Times (blog) reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow In a new book, “The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship” (Gotham), author Jeffrey Zaslow explores the powerful friendships of 11 girls... Read More »	The Girls From Ames AOL Canada reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow The girls from Ames – Karla, Kelly, Marilyn, Jane, Jenny, Karen, Cathy, Angela, Sally, Diana and Sheila – developed a close friendship growing up in Iowa in the... Read More »
The Girls From Ames KARE 11 TV reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow Eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa, are now the focus of a very popular book out right now. The Girls From Ames follows... Read More »	You Gotta Read Reviews reviews The Witch's Beast by Kiki Howell In the spirit of Gregory Macguire's Wicked, The Witch's Beast tells an old familiar tale from a different angle with a sexy spin. I thoroughly enjoyed this book... Read More »
Armchair Interviews reviews To Tempt the Wolf by Terry Spear An award-winning author of medieval historical romantic suspense treats us to a magical romance of a werewolf and a human, and how love can conquer all. Tess... Read More »	Out -numbered 3 to 1 reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Irene dos Santos disappeared at age 15. Believed to have drowned while on holiday with her best friend, Lily Martinez, her body was never found. Now, years later,... Read More »
The Daily Beast reviews The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne A comic turned novelist debuts a dark tale. If you’re familiar with Teri Coyne’s former life as a stand-up comedian, get ready for something very, very different.... Read More »	People's Book Prize reviews The Ghosts of Eden by Andrew JH Sharp Magical language. Wonderfully drawn characters. Fascinating narrative that stops you from putting down this book before you've read it from cover to cover. A rich... Read More »
SLJ reviews Ice Song by Kirsten Imani Kasai Told in a quiet, sometimes almost dreamlike style reminiscent of fairy tales (though at times disturbing ones), Ice Song will appeal to teens interested in... Read More »	Ace & Hoser reviews Theft of the Master by Ted Davison <...> Edwin Alexander weaves all these stories together in a dramatic mystery where all is not what it seems. The sculpture is the centerpiece linking it all... Read More »